[dragonwriter]

> So you'll agree that there IS a problem IF the left wing is pushing towards BI

I didn't say anything that resembles that, no.

> reducing administration (or state) footprint is more libertarian than anything.

"Left wing" and "libertarian" are not opposed, and improving efficiency in achieiving left wing policy goals is not at all a view point incompatible with the left wing.

Heck, improving efficiency of government isn't incompatible with left or right wing, or libertarian or even authoritarian philosophies. Even authoritarian conservatives would probably prefer that, to the extent that liberal goals are going to be addressed by government at all, they ought to be addressed by the least wasteful means possible (if only so as to maximize resources available for authoritarian approaches to conservative goals.)